 In your metaphysies you have denied personality to the Deity : yet when the devout motions of the soul come, yield to them heart and life, though they should clothe God with shape and color. Leave your theory, as Joseph his coat in the hand of the harlot,...  Essays: First series - Page 52by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 343 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Albert Macy - 1913 - 368 pages
...completeness, must explain inconsistencies away, whereas Emerson blandly accepts inconsistencies. "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...by little statesmen, and philosophers and divines." The greater inconsistencies, too terrible to be foolish, Emerson ignores. "Omit the negative propositions,"... | |
 | Henry Harrison Brown - 1914 - 234 pages
...and says: "In your metaphysics you have denied personality to the Deity; yet when the devout emotions of the soul come, yield to them heart and life, though...color. Leave your theory, as Joseph his coat in the hands of the harlot, and flee." I shall attempt first of all to find what Truth is in the Prayer and... | |
 | Joseph Smith Auerbach - 1914 - 344 pages
...not all of it can fairly be so characterized. Emerson said in his essay on Self -Reliance: "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...by little statesmen and philosophers and divines"; and no one can read that noble essay into which he has put the enthusiasm of a great soul, without... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1915 - 200 pages
...into the thousand-eyed present, and live ever 5 in a new day. Trust your emotion. In your metaphysics you have denied personality to the Deity, yet when...your theory, as Joseph his coat in the hand of the 10 harlot, and flee. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen... | |
 | 1915 - 636 pages
...consistency that is worth while is the consistency of endeavor in seeking the truth. Emerson: "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. If you would be a man, speak what you think today in words as hard as cannon balls, and tomorrow speak... | |
 | George Townsend Warner - 1915 - 196 pages
...march ; yea, and the care of it sometimes loseth or disturbeth the victory. BACON'S ESSAYS. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. EMERSON'S ESSAYS. 20. NA WALTON ESSAY "A FROSTY MORNING" [Hitherto we have had extracts from authors... | |
 | 1916 - 350 pages
...rather to act with the affection of the will than the toil of the intellect. MOLINOS In your metaphysics you have denied personality to the Deity : yet when...clothe God with shape and color. Leave your theory and flee. EMERSON The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup : . . . Yea, I have a goodly... | |
 | Charles Sumner Olcott - 1916 - 456 pages
...degree by the most enlightened public sentiment, makes a poor public servant. Emerson says, " A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do." McKinley was not one of those who allow consistency to "scare them from their self-trust." If he made... | |
 | 1929 - 398 pages
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